PMID- 1682217 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19911216 LR - 20190516 IS - 0890-9369 (Print) IS - 0890-9369 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 11 DP - 1991 Nov TI - v-erbA overexpression is required to extinguish c-erbA function in erythroid cell differentiation and regulation of the erbA target gene CAII. PG - 2033-47 AB - The v-erbA oncoprotein represents a retrovirus-transduced oncogenic version of the thyroid hormone (T3/T4) receptor c-erbA (type alpha). It contributes to virus-induced erythroleukemia by efficiently arresting differentiation of red cell progenitors and by suppressing transcription of erythrocyte-specific genes. Here, we show that v-erbA and c-erbA bind directly to sequences within the promoter of the erythrocyte-specific carbonic anhydrase II (CAII), a gene whose transcription is efficiently suppressed by v-erbA. This erbA-binding site confers thyroid hormone responsiveness to a heterologous promoter in transient expression experiments and is a target for efficient down-regulation of CAII transcription by the v-erbA oncoprotein. In stably transformed erythroblasts coexpressing the v-erbA oncoprotein and the c-erbA/T3 receptor at an approximately equimolar ratio, c-erbA activity is dominant over v-erbA. T3 efficiently induced erythroid differentiation in these cells, thus overcoming the v-erbA-mediated differentiation arrest. Likewise, T3 activated CAII transcription as well as transient expression of a T3-responsive reporter gene containing the CAII-specific erbA-binding site. The c-erbA-dependent activation of this CAII reporter construct could only be suppressed by very high amounts of v-erbA. Our results suggest that overexpression of v-erbA is required for its function as an oncoprotein. FAU - Disela, C AU - Disela C AD - Institute for Molecular Pathology, Wien, Austria. FAU - Glineur, C AU - Glineur C FAU - Bugge, T AU - Bugge T FAU - Sap, J AU - Sap J FAU - Stengl, G AU - Stengl G FAU - Dodgson, J AU - Dodgson J FAU - Stunnenberg, H AU - Stunnenberg H FAU - Beug, H AU - Beug H FAU - Zenke, M AU - Zenke M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Genes Dev JT - Genes & development JID - 8711660 RN - 0 (Oncogene Proteins v-erbA) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Thyroid Hormone) RN - 0 (Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic) RN - 06LU7C9H1V (Triiodothyronine) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) RN - EC 4.2.1.1 (Carbonic Anhydrases) RN - I16QD7X297 (Neomycin) SB - IM GS - CAII MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites/genetics MH - Blotting, Northern MH - Carbonic Anhydrases/*genetics MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects/*genetics MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Drug Resistance/genetics MH - Erythroblasts/*cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*genetics MH - Genes, gag/genetics MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Luciferases/genetics MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Neomycin/pharmacology MH - Oncogene Proteins v-erbA MH - Plasmids/genetics MH - Precipitin Tests MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*genetics MH - Receptors, Thyroid Hormone/genetics MH - Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic/*genetics MH - Triiodothyronine/pharmacology MH - Vaccinia virus/genetics EDAT- 1991/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 1991/11/01 00:01 CRDT- 1991/11/01 00:00 PHST- 1991/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1991/11/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1991/11/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1101/gad.5.11.2033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genes Dev. 1991 Nov;5(11):2033-47. doi: 10.1101/gad.5.11.2033.